I'm A Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
Released:
Jan 1967
Label:
Capitol Nashville
The Hag dropped I'm a Lonesome Fugitive in 1967 -- that's important! Because not only is it a stellar collection of Bakersfield honky tonk, but it also presages West Coast country-rock. Sure, the Byrds would cover "Life in Prison" the following year, but check out the rest of this classic LP: stripping away Nashville's saccharine productions, Haggard's wide-open sound perfectly matches rural California's sweeping vistas. And those anti-establishment hippies knew it. Plus, they dug his fugitive image.
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